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Experience an iconic Wellington bar and restaurant
The Thistle Inn received the second liquor license issued in New Zealand and is not only the oldest surviving bar and restaurant in Wellington, but in the whole of New Zealand. While other historic bars exist, all claiming to be New Zealand’s oldest pub, we’re the only one still operating from its original site.
CHIEF TE RAUPARAHA (my Nostr icon)
The story goes that local Maori chief Te Rauparaha would pull up his waka on the shore outside the pub, wander in and order a whiskey and no one had the courage to charge him. This story is unsubstantiated. However Chief Te Rauparaha died on 27 November 1849 and Thistle was built in 1840 and rebuilt after a fire in 1866, so he had nine years to drink at the pub. Of course he was in jail from 1846 to 1848 but it's certainly plausible. That no one would charge him is also very believable. During his lifetime he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of rivals and European settlers.
https://www.thistleinn.co.nz/the-thistle-inn
The Thistle Inn received the second liquor license issued in New Zealand and is not only the oldest surviving bar and restaurant in Wellington, but in the whole of New Zealand. While other historic bars exist, all claiming to be New Zealand’s oldest pub, we’re the only one still operating from its original site.
CHIEF TE RAUPARAHA (my Nostr icon)
The story goes that local Maori chief Te Rauparaha would pull up his waka on the shore outside the pub, wander in and order a whiskey and no one had the courage to charge him. This story is unsubstantiated. However Chief Te Rauparaha died on 27 November 1849 and Thistle was built in 1840 and rebuilt after a fire in 1866, so he had nine years to drink at the pub. Of course he was in jail from 1846 to 1848 but it's certainly plausible. That no one would charge him is also very believable. During his lifetime he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of rivals and European settlers.
https://www.thistleinn.co.nz/the-thistle-inn